Tour de Langkawi - 2.3Malaysia, February 1-10, 2002 |
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Stage 3 - February 3: Lumut - Ipoh, 129.6km
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Mapei-Quick Step in a happy mood
Hunter keeps both the team and individual status intact
By Tommy Campbell in Ipoh
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The leader board of the Telekom Malaysia Le Tour de Langkawi after day three has a familiar look about it, yet again.
In pole position after day three of the stage from Lumut to Ipoh is the 24 year old Robert Hunter, the South African representing Mapei-Quick Step who still has a 55 second advantage on Eric Wohlberg of Canada, with the Russian Artour Babaitsev from Team Nürnberger a further second in arrears.
Today's stage over 129.60 km was run at incredibly fast average speed of 48.99 km/h, despite the intense heat, which has been a factor of the event since the race started last Friday in Putrajaya. Evidently the competitors are coping well with only one non-starter yesterday from the original start sheet of 151.
Showing the way on a relatively flat stage with two King of the Mountains primes was the 25-year old Enrico Degano, the Italian representing Ceramiche Panaria. This was Enrico's fifth stage win in three years, having won two last year and two the previous year. Today's win was a combination of dedicated work from his team and in particular the Australian Nathan O'Neill, who closed down a five man group which had the finish line in sight only to be foiled by the Ceramiche train who were on intent on Enrico getting the verdict.
Enrico placed himself perfectly going into the roundabout which led onto the broad and straight 500 metre finishing stretch in Ipoh, and his delight was enhanced by having his Ceramiche Panaria teammate Graeme Brown (Australia) close behind him in second place - with a heaving pack of 131 riders, all credited with the same finishing time of 2 hr 38 min 44 sec, hard on their heels. The field had come together after a breakaway group was reeled in over the closing stages.
Enrico couldn't have been happier with the way things went: "We seemed to have it set up yesterday then things went wrong and the Mapei boys got the better of us. But this time the team worked perfectly and paced me into just the right position to take the win. I'd been worried at one time that the break would stay clear but we timed everything just right."
Overall race leader Robert Hunter, the South African riding with Italy's popular Mapei-Quick Step team came home safe though, finishing a creditable fourth, just behind Mario Traversoni (Mobilvetta Design).
"I'm content with the way I rode. I felt just as strong as I did yesterday, when I took the stage, but things did not pan out right for me at the finish."
In the early passage of the stage, there was a constant shuffling of competitors who were intent on taking matters into their own hands by going forward to gain time on the main peloton. It was at the first KOM that the first significant break of the day started to form, because on the descent the riders were on a comparatively narrow road with a number of sharp (out of sight) corners. These afforded the breakaways to move ahead of the peloton, which up to that junction was in no mood to allow forward moves.
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Hopes had been high in the Mapei camp that their superhero Andrea Tafi, Malaysia's favourite Italian cyclist, would take the stage after his second place on stage two. He was in the thick of the action all day, driving the pace along and helping to cause the splits that at mid-race saw the peloton splintered into four smaller groups, with last year's winner Paolo Lanfranchi (Alexia), still recovering from an arm injury sustained the day before the race started, suffered at the back.
Things looked especially good for Tafi towards the end when he proved the powerhouse in an original 14 strong group that managed to open a gap over the peloton as the kilometres started counting down.
"Everyone was working well together and we got the lead up to over a minute," said Tafi at the finish, "Then as the bunch closed down on us, our group slowly whittled down to five."
That quintet comprised Italy's Alberto Elli (Alexia); Denmark's Lennie Kristensen (Team fakta), and Rodney Green (South Africa), plus Tafi.
"Our little group lost its cohesion because eventually there were just three of us forcing the pace with the other two just tapping along," said Tafi.
That proved fatal and the junction was made on the outskirts of Ipoh, within sight of the one-kilometre to go marker, but Tafi managed to stay towards the front and finished a creditable seventh.
With all the big names finishing together, the overall standings remained virtually as they were yesterday. Hunter remains optimistic: "From what I'm told, Fraser Hill, which we tackle tomorrow on the way to Bentong is a long steady climb, nowhere near as tough as Genting. I expect there will be a fairly sizeable group staying together up that one and I shouldn't have too much trouble staying with them. After that, well, we'll have to wait and see."
Top Asian rider Arnel Quirimit, Philippines, confessed to feeling very tired today: "The race was extremely fast. The presence of the top European pros in the Tour de Langkawi always ensures that."
With the individual and the points jerseys already accounted for, today saw the mountains competition being introduced with two category four climbs after 66 and 83 kilometres. In a clear lead in this section now is Hans de Meester, the Belgian who competes for the Palmans Collstrop outfit. Before he left from his home close to Gent for Le Tour, Hans promised his son Luca that he would bring back a jersey for him, so for now, he has fulfilled his part of the bargain and on current form, he could continue in the polka dot jersey after tomorrow's stage which finishes in Bentong.
One man was missing from the start - Belgium's Kevin Van Impe, who was already on the plane home after having broken a bone in his arm in yesterday's stage. And by the end of the day, four more were out of the race, one being disqualified for a racing irregularity, and three more being eliminated for finishing outside the time limit.
Photography
The following photographs have been provided courtesy of the official Tour de Langkawi website, www.tdl.com.my.
- The Ag2r team - leads the peloton at high speed
- Riders - were content to roll along in the pack
- Andrea Tafi (Mapei) - was one of the most active riders
- The peloton - cruises in at the end
Results
1 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.38.44 (48.99 km/h) 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 5 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 6 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 7 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 9 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 10 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 11 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 13 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 15 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 17 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 19 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 20 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 21 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 22 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 23 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 24 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 25 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 26 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 27 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 28 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 29 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 30 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 31 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 32 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 33 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 34 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 35 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 36 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 37 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 38 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 39 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 40 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 41 Guo Hui (Chn) China 42 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 43 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 44 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 45 Geoff Kabush (Can) Canada 46 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 47 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 48 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 49 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 50 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 51 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 53 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 54 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 55 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 56 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 57 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 58 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 59 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 60 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 61 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 62 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 63 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 64 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 65 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 66 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 67 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 68 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 69 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 70 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 71 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 72 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 74 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 75 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 76 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 77 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 78 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 79 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 80 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 81 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 82 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 83 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 84 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 85 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 86 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 87 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 89 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 90 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 91 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 92 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 93 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 94 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 95 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 97 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 98 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 99 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 100 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 101 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 102 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 103 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 104 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 105 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Bonjour 106 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 107 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 108 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 109 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 110 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 111 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 112 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 113 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 114 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 115 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 116 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 117 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 118 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 119 Mark Ernsting (Can) Canada 120 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 121 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Rep South Africa 122 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 123 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 124 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 125 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 126 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 127 Scott Guyton (NZl) iTeamNova.com 128 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 130 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 131 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 132 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 0.24 133 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 134 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 135 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.06 136 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 3.22 137 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5.14 138 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5.16 139 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Canada 8.48 140 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 11.53 141 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 142 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 143 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 144 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 145 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 146 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 14.22 Finished after deadline 147 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 21.58 Shuhai Song (Chn) China 22.01 Hongwei Li (Chn) China 20.20 Asian rider 1 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 2.38.44 2 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 3 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 4 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 5 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 6 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 7 Guo Hui (Chn) China 8 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 9 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 10 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 11 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 12 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 13 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 14 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 15 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 16 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 17 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 18 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 19 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 20 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 21 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 22 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 23 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 24 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 25 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 26 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 27 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 28 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 11.53 29 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 30 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 31 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China Points 1 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 15 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 3 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 13 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 12 5 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 11 6 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 10 7 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9 8 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 8 9 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 7 10 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 6 11 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 12 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 4 13 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 14 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 2 15 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Sprints Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 1 1 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 5 pts 2 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 3 3 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 4 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 2 1 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 pts 2 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 3 3 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 2 4 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 3 1 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5 pts 2 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 3 3 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 2 4 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1 Mountains KOM Cat 4 at at 66.7 km 1 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 4 pts 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) iTeamNova.com 2 3 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 1 KOM Cat 4 at at 83.7 km 1 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 4 pts 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) iTeamNova.com 2 3 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 Teams 1 Team Nürnberger 7.56.12 2 Mapei - Quick Step 3 Team Fakta 4 Colombia-Selle Italia 5 Mobilvetta Design 6 Telekom Malaysia 7 Rep South Africa 8 Alexia Alluminio 9 Relax - Fuenlabrada 10 Acqua & Sapone 11 Malaysia 12 Philippines 13 Ceramiche Panaria 14 Japan 15 Canada 16 Palmans-Collstrop 17 iTeamNova.com 18 Bonjour 19 Lotto - Adecco 20 China 21 Ag2r Prevoyance 22 Credit Agricole Asian team 1 Malaysia 7.56.12 2 Philippines 3 Japan 4 China 5 Telekom Malaysia General classification after stage 3 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 7.23.11 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 0.55 3 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 0.56 4 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.02 5 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.14 6 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.20 7 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 1.24 8 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 1.25 9 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.33 10 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 1.35 12 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 1.36 13 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1.38 14 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.40 15 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 1.44 16 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1.50 17 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 1.56 18 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 1.56 19 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.59 20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 2.10 21 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.12 22 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 23 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2.14 24 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 2.19 25 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 2.20 26 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 2.21 27 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 2.23 28 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.27 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 2.30 30 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 31 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 32 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.31 33 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 2.32 34 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 2.34 35 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 2.35 36 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 2.36 37 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.38 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.39 39 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 40 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 42 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 2.40 43 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 44 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.42 45 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.44 46 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 2.49 47 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 2.50 48 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 2.51 49 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 2.52 50 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.54 51 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 52 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 53 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 2.56 54 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 2.59 55 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 2.59 56 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3.00 57 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 58 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.01 59 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 3.02 60 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 61 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 3.07 62 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 63 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 3.08 64 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 3.11 65 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 3.14 66 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3.15 67 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.16 68 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 69 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 3.17 70 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.19 71 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Bonjour 3.20 72 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 3.21 73 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.29 74 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 75 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.32 76 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 3.35 77 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.36 78 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.38 79 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3.40 80 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 3.42 81 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 82 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 83 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.43 84 Scott Guyton (NZl) iTeamNova.com 3.45 85 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 3.46 86 Mark Ernsting (Can) Canada 3.49 87 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.51 88 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.54 89 Geoff Kabush (Can) Canada 3.56 90 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 4.01 92 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 4.01 93 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.04 94 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 4.06 95 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 96 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.07 97 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 4.09 98 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 4.11 99 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.13 100 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 4.14 101 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.17 102 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4.22 103 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 4.24 104 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 4.24 105 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 4.25 106 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 4.28 107 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4.32 108 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.34 109 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 110 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 4.37 111 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.42 112 Guo Hui (Chn) China 4.43 113 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Rep South Africa 4.50 114 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 4.52 115 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 4.53 116 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 4.53 117 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 4.56 118 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 4.57 119 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 5.01 120 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 5.02 121 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 5.09 122 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 5.16 123 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 5.23 124 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 5.28 125 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 5.38 126 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 5.41 127 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5.43 128 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.59 129 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 6.14 130 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 6.22 131 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 6.36 132 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 7.02 133 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 7.15 134 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 7.25 135 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 9.04 136 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 9.37 137 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10.26 138 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Canada 12.46 139 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 13.04 140 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 15.52 141 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 16.05 142 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 16.18 143 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 17.50 144 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 18.02 145 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 19.24 146 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 27.10 Asian rider classification 1 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 7.24.47 2 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 0.38 3 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 0.58 4 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 1.04 5 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 6 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 1.23 7 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 2.06 8 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2.25 9 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 2.30 10 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 2.33 11 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 2.35 12 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 2.48 13 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 2.49 14 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 2.52 15 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 2.56 16 Guo Hui (Chn) China 3.07 17 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 3.16 18 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 3.20 19 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 3.21 20 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 3.25 21 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 3.26 22 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 3.33 23 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 3.47 24 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 3.52 25 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 4.02 26 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 4.05 27 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 5.00 28 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 14.42 29 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 16.14 30 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 16.26 31 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 25.34 Points classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 42 pts 2 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 37 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 27 4 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 23 5 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 21 6 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 16 7 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 14 8 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 9 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 10 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 13 11 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13 12 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 12 13 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 14 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 11 15 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 11 16 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 17 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 10 18 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 9 19 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 9 20 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 9 21 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 8 22 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 8 23 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 8 24 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 7 25 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 6 26 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 27 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 28 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 29 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 5 30 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 5 31 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 4 32 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4 33 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 3 34 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3 35 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 3 36 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 37 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 3 38 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 2 39 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 40 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 41 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 42 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 43 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 44 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1 45 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Mountains classification Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 8 pts 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) iTeamNova.com 4 3 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 1 4 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 Teams classification 1 Mapei - Quick Step 22.12.06 2 Ceramiche Panaria 2.14 3 Team Nürnberger 2.58 4 Team Fakta 3.06 5 Alexia Alluminio 3.09 6 Relax - Fuenlabrada 4.04 7 iTeamNova.com 4.16 8 Canada 4.17 9 Colombia-Selle Italia 4.58 10 Bonjour 5.03 11 Credit Agricole 5.14 12 Palmans-Collstrop 5.20 13 Lotto - Adecco 5.33 14 Japan 5.40 15 Telekom Malaysia 6.22 16 Mobilvetta Design 6.24 17 Ag2r Prevoyance 7.03 18 Philippines 7.33 19 Rep South Africa 7.42 20 Acqua & Sapone 8.41 21 Malaysia 10.29 22 China 12.44 Asian team classification 1 Japan 22.17.46 2 Telekom Malaysia 0.42 3 Philippines 1.53 4 Malaysia 4.49 5 China 7.04 Results courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.tdl.com.my